Emerald vs Onyx - What's the difference?
emerald | onyx |
Of a rich green colour.
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Any of various green gemstones, especially a green transparent form of beryl, highly valued as a precious stone.
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Emerald green, a colour.
(dated, UK, printing) A kind of type, in size between minion and nonpareil.
(mineralogy) A banded variety of chalcedony, a cryptocrystalline form of quartz.
A jet-black color, named after the gemstone.
jet-black
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As adjectives the difference between emerald and onyx
is that emerald is of a rich green colour while onyx is jet-black.As nouns the difference between emerald and onyx
is that emerald is any of various green gemstones, especially a green transparent form of beryl, highly valued as a precious stone while onyx is a banded variety of chalcedony, a cryptocrystalline form of quartz.As a proper noun Emerald
is a town in Queensland, Australia.emerald
English
(wikipedia emerald)Adjective
(en adjective)- The insect-queen of eastern spring, / O'er emerald meadows of Kashmeer / Invites the young pursuer near, / And leads him on from flower to flower / A weary chase and wasted hour.
Noun
(en noun)citation, passage=Although there are dozens of different types of gems, among the best known and most important are diamond, ruby and sapphire, emerald and other gem forms of the mineral beryl, chrysoberyl, tanzanite, tsavorite, topaz and jade.}}
Derived terms
* Emerald * emerald cut * emerald green * Emerald IsleSee also
* berylonyx
English
(wikipedia onyx)Noun
Adjective
(-)- And the gold of that land is good: there is bdellium and the onyx stone.
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